† night-wakern.

Forms: see night n. and waker n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: night n., waker n.¹

Etymology: < night n. + waker n.¹ Compare Middle Dutch nachtwāker (Dutch nachtwaker).

Obsolete.

A person who stays awake at night; esp. (in Scottish) a reveller.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > day and night > night > [noun] > one who brings or likes night or darkness

owlc1390

night-waker?c1475

nightbird1548

night wanderer1576

night owl1594

noctifer1667

night larka1770

nighthawk1868

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > wandering at night > one who

night-waker?c1475

night wanderer1576

noctivagant1633

noctivagatora1645

?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 86 A nyghtwaker, noctiuagus.

1511 in J. Imrie et al. Burgh Court Bk. Selkirk (1960) 14 This inquest ordanit ony nycht wakaris that cane bene knawin sal be puneist in the stokis xxiiii houris.

1672 in M. B. Johnston Kirkcudbright Sheriff Court Deeds I. 387 [He shall not] be ane night waker whooremunger carter nor dycer.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	night-waker
释义	† night-wakern. Forms: see night n. and waker n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: night n., waker n.¹ Etymology: < night n. + waker n.¹ Compare Middle Dutch nachtwāker (Dutch nachtwaker). Obsolete. A person who stays awake at night; esp. (in Scottish) a reveller. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > night > [noun] > one who brings or likes night or darkness owlc1390 night-waker?c1475 nightbird1548 night wanderer1576 night owl1594 noctifer1667 night larka1770 nighthawk1868 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > wandering at night > one who night-waker?c1475 night wanderer1576 noctivagant1633 noctivagatora1645 ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 86 A nyghtwaker, noctiuagus. 1511 in J. Imrie et al. Burgh Court Bk. Selkirk (1960) 14 This inquest ordanit ony nycht wakaris that cane bene knawin sal be puneist in the stokis xxiiii houris. 1672 in M. B. Johnston Kirkcudbright Sheriff Court Deeds I. 387 [He shall not] be ane night waker whooremunger carter nor dycer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.?c1475
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